Nicole Kidman has joined the cast of Woody Allen’s next untitled film. She will star alongside other cast mates such as Antonio Banderas, Josh Brolin, Anthony Hopkins, Freida Pinto, and Naomi Watts. This also makes the second time that Nicole Kidman and Anthony Hopkins will star in a film together, as they teamed up in the film, “The Human Stain” released in 2003.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001660.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Kev
Yep, you heard that right. Just ordered tickets to see Phish at SPAC before they even went on sale! I ordered inside tickets for it. So I’m definitely going! Getting psyched for the concert.
I don’t own a single CD by Phish, but I’m going to start getting some. I’ve heard Phish’s music lots of times before, but honestly, it’s much better seeing them live than hearing them on CD. I’ve seen Phish already once before and their shows are such a blast. How did I get them before they went on sale? I know someone that works for SPAC in Saratoga Springs.
Going to be a great time. I also want to see Billy Joel and Elton John at the Times Union Center but the tickets to that one will be pretty pricey, I definitely want to see Metallica in Albany in the Fall though.
I don’t go to national concerts much anymore, but when an artist comes around here that I admire, I’ll definitely go. The Phish shows are worth going to and worth the money for sure. Looking forward to the show! Can’t wait!
I’m glad Trey agreed to have Phish for Saratoga Springs. I remember him saying that Trey promised us a Phish concert after he completed drug rehab here in the Capital Region. Trey lived in Saratoga Springs during his rehab here, so I can see why he would want to play here.
Kev
New interview with Vince McMahon, chairman of the WWE, at the Hollywood Reporter. Vince talks about the business of WWE from merchandise, movies, music, Wrestlemania 25, foreign wrestlers from other countries joining the WWE, etc.
Read the interview here:
Is Vince McMahon going to be involved in some type of match at Wrestlemania? I’ve been reading reports through wrestling websites, that the entire McMahon family: Vince, Shane, Linda and Steph will all have a match together in the McMahon family feud…but looks like the McMahon family feud storyline has been dropped…RAW has started a McMahon family feud for a little bit but it stopped for some reason. Not sure if they’ll still have the match at Wrestlemania or not.
I don’t think any of the McMahon’s will be involved at Wrestlemania this year…look like they’ll let the superstars have their time at Wrestlemania.
Kev
The Wrestlemania 25 Card so far…
WWE CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
Triple H (c) vs. Randy Orton
TRIPLE THREAT MATCH FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Edge (c) vs. Big Show vs. John Cena
“THE STREAK” ON THE LINE
The Undertaker vs. “The Heartbreak Kid” Shawn Michaels
MONEY IN THE BANK LADDER MATCH
CM Punk vs. Kane vs. Mark Henry vs. Finlay vs. Christian vs. Kofi Kingston vs. Shelton Benjamin vs. WWE United States Champion MVP
3-ON-1 HANDICAP MATCH
Chris Jericho vs. WWE Hall of Famers Rowdy Roddy Piper, “Superfly” Jimmy Snuka, & Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat with “Nature Boy” Ric Flair in their corner and Mickey Rourke sitting at ringside
“BROTHER vs. BROTHER” EXTREME RULES MATCH
Matt Hardy vs. Jeff Hardy
25-DIVA BATTLE ROYAL – WINNER CROWNED “MISS WRESTLEMANIA”
Confirmed Divas: WWE Women’s Champion Melina, WWE Divas Champion Maryse, “The Glamazon” Beth Phoenix, Rosa Mendes, Mickie James, Kelly Kelly, Jillian Hall, Katie Lea, Layla, Michelle McCool, Maria, Gail Kim, Brie Bella, Nikki Bella, Eve Torres, Natalya, Alicia Fox, Tiffany
Confirmed “Past Divas”: Sunny
(Candice Michelle removed from match due to injury)
LUMBERJACK MATCH TO UNIFY THE WWE TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP & WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP
Carlito & Primo (WWE Tag Team Champions) vs. John Morrison & The Miz (World Tag Team Champions)
WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH
JBL (c) vs. Rey Mysterio
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This official card for Wrestlemania 25, does NOT feel like Wrestlemania. Pretty dissapointing and sad since this is the 25th Anniversary of Wrestlemania. No Stone Cold, No Rock, No Bret “The Hitman” Hart, etc???? If Wrestlemania 25 had some of the past legends and icons at this year’s Wrestlemania, then it would feel like a Wrestlemania.
This years Wrestlemania feels like your typical RAW/Smackdown show. Wrestlemania doesn’t feel exciting this year. Doesn’t look good. Only matches I look forward to seeing is, “Undertaker vs. Shawn Michaels”, and the “Chris Jericho vs. Piper, Steamboat, Snuka”. The other matches sound pretty boring to me, but I’ll still watch “Wrestlemania 25” on PPV of course. Hopefully it’ll be good, but this years looks like a dissapointment.
Kev
Bob Barker, the former host of the longest running game show, “The Price Is Right”, is making a one time only return to promote his new autobiography book, “Priceless Memories”. In 2007, Bob Barker retired from the show and comedian Drew Carey took over as host. Other than plugging in Bob’s new book, he will of course, host some of the games to the contestants to win prizes. Drew Carey will still participate along with him. This episode airs April 16th, so mark your calendars and set your DVR’s!!! This will sure be a ratings boost!
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001621.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
Kev
Universal Pictures is bringing the “Major Matt Mason” action figures made by Mattel to the live action big screen. Tom Hanks has signed on to star the leading role as the “Major Matt Mason” character. The Matt Mason toys were first made way back in 1966. They are a group of astronauts that worked on the moon and lived in a space station.
Mattel toys is also working with Joel Silver for a reboot of “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” live action film.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001618.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
Kev
The gorgeous and talented actress, Freida Pinto’s, film career is on a roll these days. Her first film, “Slumdog Millionaire”, opened new doors for great opportunities in her film career. First she gets signed to Woody Allen’s new film, and now she’s signed on to star in a film called, “Miral” which is written and directed by Julian Schnabel. The film is adapted from the book by Rula Jebreal which is about Hind Husseini, who founded an orphanage in Jerusalem in the wake of the 1948 partition of Palestine and the creation of the state of Israel.
Variety Reports:
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118001600.html?categoryid=13&cs=1
I look forward to any project that Freida does now. She’s so gorgeous and beautiful. New celebrity crush, that I could date someone like her in real life. She’s one of them type of women that you can never get your eyes off of. Freida may have been snubbed for “Best Actress” for the Oscars, but she’ll get her chance down the road, trust me. Maybe she’ll get it with Woody Allen’s upcoming film.
Kev
Rapper 50 Cent, explains why he had to pull out of “The Expendables”, after Stallone announced he was replacing Forest Whitaker. The reason? 50 Cent has nothing against Stallone, he has nothing against the script or the movie itself. Sounds like 50 Cent really wanted to do the film but his rap music career pretty much forced him out of it. 50 Cent just completed his new rap album, “Before I Self Destruct” with Dr. Dre and Eminem, he realized that he doesn’t have time to film a movie.
50 Cent will probably do a lot of promoting/marketing and even tour in support of his new album. That is what forced him out of the movie. 50 Cent has been replaced by Terry Crews to play the Hale Caesar role.
More on it here:
http://www.vh1.com/movies/news/articles/1607612/20090324/story.jhtml?rsspartner=rssYahooNewscrawler
Kev
This is not quite a new album by David Bowie yet, but close enough. I guess you can call it, “new and old” by Bowie. Bowie will be releasing for the first time, his old Vh1 Storytellers performance recorded back in 1999 on July 6th of this year!!! It will be released in CD/DVD format.
As a huge fan and admirer of David Bowie, I’m very excited for this and I’m definitely picking this up!
See more on it here:
http://www.davidbowie.com/news/index.php?id=20090323
A few videos from the Vh1 Storytellers performance below. Enjoy.
Kev
Everybody thinks that Mickey Rourke will interfere the “Chris Jericho vs. Piper, Steamboat, Snuka” match to help the Legends win, but hate to burst your bubble, wrestling fans, but I don’t think how that’s gonna end. To keep the match unpredictable and shocking, I think there’ll be a little bit of a twist to it.
Could Rourke actually turn into a badguy, and maybe team up with Jericho? Rourke turns his back on the Legendary wrestlers and sticks by Jericho’s side?
There is NO fucking way, Chris Jericho is going to lose this match. I mean think about it. Jericho has got Piper, Steamboat, and Snuka all against him, possibly Ric Flair to join in on the action too, so that makes it 4 against one. It doesn’t make sense that Jericho could battle all those guys by himself, so it makes sense that Jericho is going to get some help.
I can’t think of no one other than Mickey Rourke to help Jericho win the match. Yes, Rourke will interfere, the WWE will make it look like that Rourke is about ready to punch Jericho, but instead, Rourke knocks out one of the other legends in the match. Creating controversy that’ll get the crowd booing.
Why would Jericho want to lose to a bunch of legends at ‘Mania? Jericho is a top star. Rourke turns heel and helps Jericho. WWE loves this kind of stuff.
This is not a match spoiler, it’s just a prediction that’s all it is. Feel free to write in your thoughts on this.
Kev
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